Hunter Robert Baker is a New York City and Los Angeles based Emmy Award winning feature film, television, and commercial director and producer. Hunter has also been nominated for 2 Emmy Awards. He is an alumni of NYU, where he studied cinematography, directing and anthropology balancing his time in special programs in Cuba and South Africa. In 2012 Hunter was the recipient of the ARRI Volker Bahnemann Cinematography Award. At 18 Baker started working for HBO on various series including 24/7 following the lives of world class boxers including Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya.

Bridging the gap from documentary to narrative cinematographer Hunter's long interest in fiction based work drew him to collaborate on dozens of films. In 2013 he produced and shot Without Fire, recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science Grant for (Dir. Eliza McNitt) starring Magdalena Begay and Misty Upham (Frozen River) which won Best Dramatic Film at the Arizona International Film Festival.

In 2015 Hunter was an Executive Producer of feature film Miles, (Dir. Nathan Adloff) starring Molly Shannon, Paul Reiser, Missi Pyle, and Tim Boardman. He also started his development and film finance company Turquoise Horse which debuted Miles at Seattle International Film Festival and is currently on Netflix. In 2016 he won 3 Cannes Lions Awards, 1 Clio Award and received his second Emmy Nomination.

Baker's projects have been the recipient of support from the Alfred P Sloan Foundation, the International Documentary Association Pare Lorentz Fund and recently the Points North Fellowship for co-directing his first documentary feature The Blessing. He was invited to speak at the Impact Haus during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival; the topic was “Empathy in Telling Insider Stories.” Independent Magazine named him a “Filmmaker to Watch”.

Hunter Robert Baker and Jordan Fein will make their feature directorial debut at Full Frame Film Festival in 2018 with The Blessing. A feature length documentary set over the course of 5 years on the Navajo Nation.

2018Filmmaker Magazine features The Blessing “An Emotional Powder Keg” "The film’s a nearly Shakespearean drama, one in which a deeply religious father is forced to choose between sacrilege (taking part in the destruction of his sacred tribal mountain) and feeding his kid" - Filmmaker Magazine

Wandering DP Podcast sits down for a conversation with Hunter Robert Baker on balancing being human with being a filmmaker.

The London International Film Festival of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film 2013 (Official Selection) The Giraffe Who Knew Too Much - Dir. Eric Tosstorff

2012

Hunter Baker shoots, Eg Anda music video, Dir. Ramin Bahrani, for Icelandic band Sigur Ros. Tribeca Film Institute writes, "Ramin Bahrani (Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, Goodbye Solo) has made a video around the band's song "Ég anda. Shot beautifully by Hunter Baker, the video examines how the evolving industrialization of the country is affecting our wildlife. The video is dedicated to Jenni Jenkins, who co-authored the story behind Bahrani's 2009 short film Plastic Bag and tragically died last year."